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Who We Serve

Every family has a different financial structure.

Some families hold most of their wealth in businesses. Others own investment properties, private corporations, registered accounts, insurance policies or assets in several countries. Our work begins by understanding the family behind the numbers.

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Family
01Family
The people, relationships and commitments at the centre of each decision.
Responsibilities
02Responsibilities
The personal, business and intergenerational obligations that need care.
Priorities
03Priorities
What needs attention now, and what the family wants to protect over time.

Planning around real life

The questions change. The need for clarity does not.

Each planning relationship begins with the family's circumstances, responsibilities and priorities. These are some of the families and decision-makers we often support.

Families With Growing or Complex Wealth

For families managing several properties, corporations, investment accounts, registered assets and responsibilities across generations.

  • Cash flow and investment priorities
  • Registered and non-registered assets
  • Insurance and retirement income
  • Beneficiaries, estate liquidity and family communication

Business Owners and Entrepreneurs

The business may be the family's largest asset and largest financial dependency.

  • Corporate cash and key-person risk
  • Shareholder and buy-sell funding
  • Corporate-owned insurance
  • Succession, tax liquidity and inheritance equalization

Incorporated Professionals

Coordinate corporate wealth with personal protection, retirement and estate priorities.

  • Corporate versus personal savings
  • Retirement accumulation and investments
  • Disability, critical illness and overhead coverage
  • Estate liquidity and succession

Women Leading Family Wealth

Support informed, independent decision-making through entrepreneurship, inheritance, divorce, widowhood or family leadership.

  • Financial independence and income protection
  • Retirement confidence and caregiving
  • Inheritance and estate leadership
  • Supporting children, parents and organized information

Multi-Jurisdiction Families

For families with members, assets, properties or businesses in different countries.

  • Tax residency and estate taxation questions
  • Foreign trusts, ownership and beneficiaries
  • Probate and information reporting
  • Executor or trustee selection

Families Approaching Transition

Prepare before retirement, succession, inheritance, illness or other transitions become urgent.

  • Retirement and business sale
  • Succession and inheritance
  • Death, disability and aging parents
  • Property transfer and charitable decisions
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Connected planning

The family behind the numbers comes first.

A balance sheet cannot show every responsibility, relationship or decision that matters. We take the time to understand the context around the assets so planning can be practical, human and connected over time.

  • Family responsibilities and relationships
  • Business and personal financial dependencies
  • Existing professional advisors and planning already in place

Multi-jurisdiction coordination

Clear questions across borders and professional disciplines.

For families with assets or relationships in more than one country, Copper Hills helps organize questions and coordinate with the relevant specialists. We do not provide foreign tax or legal opinions.

Specialist advice is provided by the appropriate legal, tax, accounting or other qualified professional.

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Multi-jurisdiction coordination

Begin with context

A conversation before any recommendation.

Whether your family is building, protecting or preparing to transfer wealth, the first step is an organized conversation about the decisions in front of you.